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    Re: Lego disappearing from shops? —Jason J. Railton
   (...) I suspect it's a general loss of business. I mean, Lego have done a 'Patene' with the Slizer and Roboriders, and are now doing the same with Bionicle - lots of big bright identikit-packages, with a fixed range, to try and force the shop to set (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Lego disappearing from shops? —Scott Arthur
     (...) I detest these sets. However, I expect they are making them money - given the fact that we are on our 3rd generation on this stuff. I know Lego had problems in this respect when Argos cut its range. That said, they did sell out near me. Scott (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Lego disappearing from shops? —Jason J. Railton
   (...) Oops - typo - I meant 'Pantene' - cosmetics manufacturers are always trying to bring out a pointlessly enormous range of inter-related products to grab shelf space. Jason. (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: Lego disappearing from shops? —Steve Burge
   "Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:G6zzuB.L8s@lugnet.com... (...) trying (...) grab (...) That's a relief - I thought you were starting to type in French :) I was quite impressed with the lack of lego on the shelves (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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